Tenticospirifer cyrtiniformis
UNB-2016-0263Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Cyrtospiriferidae
Genus: Tenticospirifer (Tien, 1938)
Species: Tenticospirifer cyrtiniformis
Small specimen with both brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Thin radial ribs and slight fold and sulcus are visible. Rounded/square anterior margin and broad/triangular posterior margin. Convex pedicle valve. Slight plication visible.
Specifications
| Object name | Tenticospirifer cyrtiniformis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0263 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian Epoch: Upper Devonian Age: Frasnian |
| Numeric age | 382.7 Mya |
| Origin | Rockford, Iowa, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Ma, X., & Day, J. (2000). Revision of Tenticospirifer Tien, 1938, and similar spiriferid brachiopod genera from the Late Devonian (Frasnian) of Eurasia, North America, and Australia. Journal of Paleontology, 74(03), 444-463.